Rapid Deployment Force: Global Conflict
{{Short description|1995 video game}}
{{infobox video game
|title=Rapid Deployment Force: Global Conflict
|image=Rapid Deployment Force Global Conflict cover.jpg
|publisher=Absolute Entertainment
|developer=Imagineering
|designer=Mark Beardsley
|platform=Sega CD
|released={{vgrelease|NA|March 1995}}
|genre=First-person shooter, tank simulator
|modes=Single-player
}}
Rapid Deployment Force: Global Conflict (also known as RDF: Global Conflict) is a tank simulation video game developed Imagineering and published by Absolute Entertainment for the Sega CD.
Gameplay
Rapid Deployment Force: Global Conflict is an M-1 tank simulator game.
Development
Rapid Deployment Force: Global Conflict was developed by Imagineering, a subsidiary of Absolute Entertainment. It was initially reported that the game was a part of the company's Super Battletank series.{{cite magazine | author=Mean Machines staff | date=August 1993 | title=CES Show News: Your Show of Shows | url=https://archive.org/details/MMSega01Oct92/MMSega10-Aug93/page/n9/mode/1up | magazine=Mean Machines Sega | publisher=EMAP | issn=0960-4952 | issue=10 | page=10}}{{cite magazine | author=Mean Machines staff | date=September 1994 | title=CES News: CES Directory | url=https://archive.org/details/MMSega01Oct92/MMSega23-Sep94/page/n11/mode/1up | magazine=Mean Machines Sega | publisher=EMAP | issn=0960-4952 | issue=23 | page=12}}{{cite magazine | author=VideoGames staff | date=October 1994 | title=Preview: In The Works | url=https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_69_October_1994/page/n37/mode/1up | magazine=VideoGames | publisher=Larry Flynt Publications | issue=69 | page=38 | issn=1059-2938}} In December 1994, Absolute invited members of the press to their development studio in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey to showcase RDF as well as some other projects. Journalists were transported to the Iron Hammer Training Facility, decorated to resemble a military compound, while being addressed by the actor portraying General Rock Maddick from the game.{{cite magazine | author1=A.Dogg | author2=G.Funk | date=April 1995 | title=RDF: Global Conflict | url=https://archive.org/details/new-type-gaming-volume-2-number-2-1995/page/28/mode/2up | magazine=NewType Gaming | publisher= | volume=2 | issue=2 | pages=28–9}}{{cite magazine | author=Constant, Nikos | date=March 1995 | title=Rapid Deployment'": Absolute Entertainment Unveils Hot New Sega CD Game | url=https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_74_March_1995/page/n17/mode/1up | magazine=VideoGames | publisher=Larry Flynt Publications | issue=74 | page=16 | issn=1059-2938}}{{cite magazine | author=Sega Visions staff | date=February–March 1995 | title=Absolute Calls in the Big Guns to Unveil RDF: Global Conflict'' | url=https://archive.org/details/Sega_Visions_Issue_23_February-March_1995/page/n5/mode/1up | magazine=Sega Visions | publisher=IDG | issue=23 | oclc=794192137 | page=4}}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| EGM = 19/40{{cite magazine | author1=Semrad, Ed | author2=Carpenter, Danyon | author3=Manuel, Al | author4=Williams, Ken | date=April 1995 | title=Review Crew: RDF: Global Conflict | url=https://archive.org/details/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-069-april-1995_202301/page/38/mode/1up | magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly | publisher=Sendai Publishing | issue=69 | page=38 | issn=1058-918X}}
| GP = 71%{{cite magazine | author=Game Players staff | date=May 1995 | title=Sega CD: RDF: Global Conflict | url=https://retrocdn.net/images/1/15/GamePlayers_US_0805.pdf | magazine=Game Players | publisher=Imagine Media | issn=1087-2779 | issue=71 | page=48| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125002546/https://retrocdn.net/images/1/15/GamePlayers_US_0805.pdf | archive-date=25 January 2025 }}
| GamePro = {{rating|3.75|5}}{{cite magazine | author=Tommy Glide | date=April 1995 | title=ProReview: RDF: Global Conflict | url=https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_069_April_1995/page/n50/mode/1up | magazine=GamePro | publisher=IDG | issue=69 | issn=1042-8658 | page=49}}
| NGen = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Finals|magazine=Next Generation|issue=6|publisher=Imagine Media|date=June 1995|page=110|url=https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-006/page/n121/mode/1up|author=Next Generation staff|issn=1078-9693}}
| rev1 = Ação Games
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.83|5}}{{cite magazine | author=Ação Games staff | date=May 1995 | title=RDF: Global Conflict | url=https://archive.org/details/acao-games/A%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20Games%20%23082%20%28Maio%201995%29/page/n25/mode/1up | magazine=Ação Games | publisher=Editora Azul | language=pt | issn=0104-1630 | issue=82 | page=26}}
| rev2 = Electronic Entertainment
| rev2Score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine | author=Olafson, Peter | date=July 1995 | title=Sports, Ports, and Games with Warts | url=https://archive.org/details/ElectronicEntertainmentIssue24December1995/Electronic%20Entertainment%20Issue%2019%20%28July%201995%29/page/n88/mode/1up | magazine=Electronic Entertainment | publisher=IDG | page=85 | issue=19 | issn=1074-1356}}
| rev3 = Flux
| rev3Score = B{{Cite magazine |last=Amrich |first=Dan |date=April 1995 |title=RDF: Global Conflict Review |url=https://archive.org/details/flux-issue-4/page/n81/mode/2up |magazine=Flux |publisher=Harris Publications |issue=4 |pages=83–4|issn=1074-5602}}
| rev4 = VideoGames
| rev4Score = 6/10{{cite magazine | author=Soria, Gabe | date=April 1995 | title=Sega CD: Rapid Deployment Force: Global Conflict | url=https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_75_April_1995/page/n78/mode/1up | magazine=VideoGames | publisher=Larry Flynt Publications | issue=75 | page=79 | issn=1059-2938}}
}}
Next Generation reviewed the game, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "The graphics are fair, and it moves smoothly, but there's not much here to pop it above average, all the way down to the vague 'terrorists taking over the world' story line." Dan Amrich of Flux magazine described the game as a "Stripped down AH-3 Thunderstrike with a ground view and without a rockin' soundtrack." He praised the game's controls, the HUD and sound effects although criticizing the "poorly acted" and heavily pixelated FMV cutscenes. A scoreless review from GameFan contributor Kenneth Lee was more positive. He described the game as one of the best in its genre and summarized, "If you're a fan of tank sims or just looking for a good game that combines strategy with shooting skill, give RDF a try."{{cite magazine |
author=Lee, Kenneth | date=April 1995 | title=RDF: Global Conflict | url=https://archive.org/details/GamefanVolume3Issue04April1995/page/n31/mode/1up | magazine=GameFan | publisher=DieHard Gamers Club | page=32 | volume=3 | issue=4 | issn=1092-7212}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.mobygames.com/game/39903/rdf-global-conflict/ Rapid Deployment Force: Global Conflict] at MobyGames
Category:Absolute Entertainment games
Category:First-person shooters
Category:Imagineering (company) games
Category:North America-exclusive video games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Tank simulation video games
Category:Video games developed in the United States
Category:Video games set in Alaska